diff --git a/libavformat/dashenc.c b/libavformat/dashenc.c
index 810ab22416..8a626c15a4 100644
--- a/libavformat/dashenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/dashenc.c
@@ -1312,7 +1312,6 @@ static int write_manifest(AVFormatContext *s, int final)
                 AVStream *st = s->streams[i];
                 OutputStream *os = &c->streams[i];
                 char *agroup = NULL;
-                char *codec_str_ptr = NULL;
                 int stream_bitrate = os->muxer_overhead;
                 if (os->bit_rate > 0)
                     stream_bitrate += os->bit_rate;
@@ -1331,13 +1330,10 @@ static int write_manifest(AVFormatContext *s, int final)
                     av_strlcat(codec_str, ",", sizeof(codec_str));
                     av_strlcat(codec_str, audio_codec_str, sizeof(codec_str));
                 }
-                if (st->codecpar->codec_id != AV_CODEC_ID_HEVC) {
-                    codec_str_ptr = codec_str;
-                }
                 get_hls_playlist_name(playlist_file, sizeof(playlist_file), NULL, i);
                 ff_hls_write_stream_info(st, c->m3u8_out, stream_bitrate,
                                          playlist_file, agroup,
-                                         codec_str_ptr, NULL, NULL);
+                                         codec_str, NULL, NULL);
             }
 
         } else {